UNITED NATIONS
GATE, August
29
– Inner City Press
on July 5 was banned
from entering the
UN, the day after it
filed a criminal
complaint against UN
Security for
physically removing
it from covering the
meeting about the UN
Secretary General
Antonio Guterres'
$6.7 billion
peacekeeping budget,
as witnessed and
essentially cheered
on by senior UN
official Christian
Saunders, tearing
its reporter's
shirt, painfully and
intentionally
twisting his arm and
slamming shut and
damaging his laptop.
On August 17,
Guterres' Global
Communicator Alison
Smale issued a
letter banning Inner
City Press from the
UN - for life. With
no due process. She
and Guterres have
put the UN in the US
Press Freedom
Tracker, here.
Smale said,
again, that the UN
would answer Press
questions to the
Spokesman Stephane
Dujarric and his
Office;
Dujarric said
the same on
camera.
On August
29more
than three
hours before anoon
briefingbyspokesman
Stephane Dujarric
in which he
gave two
rounds of
"questions" to
one of his
partners in
ousting Inner
City Press,after theJuly 26
noon briefing
had no
questions at all,
video here,Inner
City Presssubmitted1169
questions,
including why
it continues
to be
lawlessly banned
from entering
to ask
questions in
person:
"There
are more than
700+
questions
UNanswered.
And Monday
Sept 17,
Tuesday Sept
18, Wed Sept
19 and
Thurs and Fri
Sept 21, that
whole week, no
questions
answered. Nor
Sept 25, nor
28th - nor
October 2 nor
3. While
appreciating
and using what
was belatedly
sent on
August 7
and on March
28 in partial
request to
Inner City
Press'
questions
about the UN
bribery
sentence of
Patrick Ho of
CEFC and
CEFC's 2018
attempt to buy
the oil
company of
Gulbenkian
Foundation
which paid the
SG, no answers
on Dec 17 or
18 or 19 or 20
or 21 -
another FIVE
days in a row,
even as SG's
direct
conflicts of
interest and
failure to
disclose
emerge, and a
newest low. No
answers on
January 30 nor
31 nor
February 1 nor
4 nor 5 nor 6
nor 7 nor 11
nor 12 nor 13
nor 14 nor 15
nor 18 nor 19
nor 20 nor 21
nor 22 nor 25
nor 26 nor 27
nor March 1 -
27 (!) And now April 1, 3-30 (one
answer
in the
entire month -
corrupt), and
now May
1-13, 15-17,
21-31,
June
3-28,
and July 1-2,
8-31 and August
1-5,
8-28
many
questions.
No answers at
all during
those four
days of the US
v Ho trial
showing
corruption in
the UN says it
all. This ban
is just
censorship -
and Inner City
Press must be
allowed back
into the noon
briefing to
ask its
questions in
person and
follow up on
them.

August
29-1: On Hong
Kong and
China, what
are the SG's
comment and
actions if any
on that
China’s
military
deployed fresh
troops to Hong
Kong on
Thursday. A
long convoy of
armored
personnel
carriers and
trucks
crossing the
border at
night and
troops in
formation
disembarking
from a ship.
Earlier,
scores of
soldiers ran
in unison onto
trucks, which
the state
broadcaster
said were
bound for
ports and
entry points
into Hong
Kong. Also,
what is the
SG's comment
and action if
any on that
The young
organiser of
the peaceful,
million-strong
Hong Kong
marches has
been attacked
by masked men
in a
restaurant,
Hong Kong
police have
confirmed.
Jimmy Sham,
convenor of
the Civil
Human Rights
Front, the
coalition
behind the
biggest
protest
marches in
Hong Kong, was
eating in a
restaurant at
lunchtime on
Thursday when
two masked men
burst in with
a baseball bat
and long metal
pole.

August
29-2: On
Nigeria, what
are the
comments and
actions if any
of the SG and
separately DSG
Amina J.
Mohammed that
a Federal High
Court in Abuja
has refused to
review an
appeal by
Omoyele
Sowore, the
man behind
Nigeria's
#RevolutionNow
movement,
against his
detention by
the secret
police.
The judge who
presided over
the case said
she had no
power to
overrule a
previous court
ruling on the
matter.
Justice Evelyn
Maha urged Mr
Sowore and his
aides to
return to the
judge who
handled the
case.

August
29-3: Also on
Nigeria, what
are the
comments and
actions if any
of the SG and
separately DSG
Amina J.
Mohammed to
the Buhari
government's
decision to
ban food
imports and
now to close
its border
with Benin?
And on the
xenophobic
attacks in
South Africa,
including
against
Nigerians?

August
29-4:
Regarding a
statement sent
yesterday by
the Under
Secretary
General of
DSS, copied to
Hua Jiang and
others, please
immediately
explain

a) why,
since DSS
states that it
does not have
a ban / bar /
block on me
but only
enforces that
I not exercise
the rights of
a UN
accredited
journalist
(which were
stripped from
me without any
hearing or
right to
appeal), I
have in the
past year been
blocked from
entering the
UN even with
invited with a
ticket,
and

b) why,
since DSS
states that it
does not have
a ban / bar /
block on me
but only
enforces that
I not exercise
the rights of
a UN
accredited
journalist
(which were
stripped from
me without any
hearing or
right to
appeal), my
August 24
application to
enter the UN
like 100s of
other
correspondents
to cover the
upcoming UNGA
high level
week has not
yet been
granted,
and

c) with
regard to USG
Gilles Michaud
writing
that "On
10 July 2018
UNDSS escorted
Mr. Matthew
Lee from the
UNHQ complex
after he
attempted to
gain
unauthorized
access to a
locked area" -
explain, at
long last,
what this
"locked area"
was, since it
was only the
(unlocked)
Vienna Cafe
outside the UN
Budget
Committee
meeting which
by the rules I
was allowed to
cover,
and

d) with
regard to USG
Michaud
writing that
the "DSS role
is now limited
to ensuring
that
unaccredited
individuals do
not enter the
premises," how
it is that
tourists, and
NGO visitors,
who are not
accredited by
DPI/DGC are
allowed in by
DSS, but I
have not been
for the past
year. Again,
please
immediately
explain wny my
August 24
application to
enter the UN
like 100s of
other
correspondents
to cover the
upcoming UNGA
high level
week has not
yet been
granted

August
29-5: Also on
access to the
UN, please
immediately
provide the
UN's response
to this
complaint
received by
Inner City
Press: [ ] obtained
a 501c3 which
they used to
get CSW status
at the United
Nations. The
problem there
is they used
that status to
bring in many
many people to
the UN grounds
in NYC by
getting them
UN passes.
More
disturbing is
the amount of
people they
traffic in to
the USA with
their status
as CSW members
by the UN
General
Assembly. A
few years
back, the Un
gave them over
50 computers
as a donation,
in turn they
shipped them
to Africa for
sale.

August
29-6: Please
immediately
state the
status of
Colin Stewart,
staff's
allegations of
harassment
Inner City
Press has
previously
asked you
about.

August
29-7: Please
immediately
explain how
these are "UN
peacekeepers"
in a this
public report
about the
Philippines:
"Two United
Nations
peacekeepers
were injured
when their van
collided with
a truck in
Lucena City,
Quezon
yesterday.
Lt. Kelly
Stewart, 48,
of the Royal
Australian Air
Force and Lt.
Bryan
Eldredge, 36,
of the US
military were
brought to the
Camp Nakar
Station
Hospital and
Lucena United
Doctors
Hospital,
respectively,
according to
Lt. Col.
Dennis Cana,
Southern Luzon
Command
(Solcom)
spokesman.
The victims
were with four
other
peacekeepers
in a Toyota
Hi-Ace driven
by Jaworski
Sanchez on
their way to
the Solcom
headquarters
when the
accident
occurred in
Barangay
Ibabang Dupay
at around 9:30
a.m.

August
29-8: On
Burundi and
Tanzania, what
is the SG's
comment and
action if any
on that
Tanzania plans
to send back
Burundi
refugees to
their homeland
soil as at
October 1.

August
29-9: On UN
sexual
exploitation
as banned
Inner City
Press asked
each of you
yesterday
morning
without any
response, "On
UN sexual
exploitation
and abuse -
alleged - this
is a request
that you
immediately
provide the
"if asked"
information
supplied about
other cases in
the past
before Inner
City Press was
banned, about
the cursory
update this
morning
listing a SEA
case by a
Republic of
Congo
(Brazzaville)
peacekeeper at
MINUSCA in
CAR. Also,
again, what is
Guterres'
answer, which
you refused to
provide after
banned Inner
City Press
asked you and
others in
writing on the
morning of
August 19 that
you
"immediately
provide all
if-asked and
additional
information
about the new
allegation of
SEA announced
at 11:01 am
today, of
child rape by
a Cameroonian
"peacekeeper"
in DR Congo

August
29-10: On
Mali, what is
the SG's
comment and
action if any
on that
hundreds of
lorries and
other vehicles
have been
blocked from
entering the
capital of
Mali, Bamako,
on the fourth
day of a
protest over
the poor state
of the
country’s
roads.

August
29-11: On
press freedom
and impunity
what is the
SG's comment
and action if
any on the
journalist
Christopher
Allen
killed in
South Sudan
two years ago.
What has the
UN done?

August
29-12: On
Cameroon, what
is the SG's
comment and
action if any
on that
thousands of
residents of
Cameroon's two
English-speaking
regions after
the life
sentences
given to 10 of
their leaders,
including
Sisiku Ayuk
Tabe. More
than 500,000
people have
been forced
from their
homes in the
crisis.
August 29-13:
On China (and
Australia, and
the US), what
is the SG's
comment and
action if any
on that China
has detained
and charged
the Australian
writer and
pro-democracy
activist Yang
Hengjun with
spying...

August
29-14: On the
DRC, prior to
the SG's
visit, what is
his comment
and action if
any on that
the new
cabinet in the
DCRCannounced
on Monday
morning seven
months after
the
inauguration
of President
Félix
Tshisekedi,
reflects the
continued
influence of
former leader
Joseph
Kabila?

August
29-15: On
China, Hong
Kong and Weibo
that UN
partners with,
what is
Guterres'
comment and
action if any
on that Xu
Xiaodong has
paid another
price for
speaking out
in support of
Hong Kong
people during
the ongoing
protests –
this time on
social media.

August
29-16: For the
UN conference
Aug 26-28 in
Utah, please
immediately
state the
cost,
including the
assessment of
carbon
emissions for
the travel to
Utah. How is
outgoing USG
Smale
traveling
there? What is
her last day
in the
position? And
is Melissa
Fleming no
longer the
spokesperson
for
UNHCR?

August
29-17: On the
repatriation
of Rohingya
from
Bangladesh to
Myanmar, what
is Guterres'
position on
the system
that will give
returnees non
citizen,
"Bengali" ID
cards?
What did
Guterres do on
this while at
UNHCR?

August
29-19: In
light of the
death of
Jeffrey
Epstein, now
on August 27
multiply
accused of sex
trafficking
along with
Ghislaine
Maxwell who
was allowed to
promote her
now closed
charity in the
UN Press
Briefing Room,
as Inner City
Press asked
without any UN
response on
July 22,
please
immediately
disclose all
UN
interactions
with his
Ghislaine
Maxwell's
TerraMar
Project and
relatedly,
with Paolo
Zampolli.

August
29-20:
state when
exactly Ms.
Fleming takes
over from
Alison Smale,
whether Ms.
Fleming is
still has
stated on her
profile at
UNHCR (Chief
Communications
@Refugees as
of August 27)
and if she is
answering
some/any of
her e-mail
there. She is
being written
to there was a
second time
today, well
before the
Sept 5
deadline for
UN "approval"
to cover UNGA
week.

August
29-21: On
press freedom
and Cameroon,
on which you
refused to
answer on
August 13
despite saying
the office was
staffed and
answering, now
more specific:
what is the
SG's comment
and action if
any, post
golden statue,
to that Paul
Atanga Nji,
territorial
administration
minister, says
Cameroon's
journalists
are becoming
highly
unpatriotic.
"They have one
main
objective,
just to
sabotage
government
action, to
promote
secessionist
tendencies,"
said Nji. "I
urge them to
be
responsible.
Those who do
not want to
respect the
laws will be
booked as
being
recalcitrant
and will be
treated as
such"... What
is SG
Guterres'
response /
reaction to UN
DSS and
Guterres'
actions on
Inner City
Press being
listed in the
U.S. Press
Freedom Tracker, here.
In the UN,
what has the
accountability
been for Lt
Ronald E.
Dobbins and
those those
refused on
camera to give
their names?
What is each
of yours -
particularly
the SG's -
response to
the letter
written and
sent by
Burundi
activist
Manisha
Lievin? To the
April 15
letter to the
SG, DSG and
USG Smale for
which receipt
has not even
been
acknowledged,
other than a
single lawless
line from
MALU: "Your
media
accreditation
request, with
reference no:
M66561081, has
been
declined"?
This is a
formal request
for the UN's
explanation of
grounds for
this denied,
and since
SGcentral, the
SG's chief of
staff and
Deputy SG and
USG Smale
haven't even
confirmed
receipt of the
April 15
letter much
less
responded, for
reconsideration.
AGAIN,
immediately
explain how it
is legitimate
to ban from
enter into the
UN the media
that has been
asking about
these and
other
questions,
with no
hearing or
appeal - and
respond that
Inner City
Press on
August 24
applied like
100s or 1000s
of others to
cover the
upcoming UNGA
high level
week,
including now
formally
offering to
answer any
questions the
UN / DSS might
have, having
been vetted
and accredited
elsewhere
since, as both
USG DSS
Michaud and
MALU have
formally been
timely
informed --
and how it is
possible that
a media that
closely covers
and uncovers
the UN could
be denied
entry, other
than (SG)
censorship.

June
11-1: On
Cameroon, what
is the SG's
comment and
action if any
on this report
from Chinese
state media:
"YAOUNDE, June
10 (Xinhua) --
Cameroon's
House Speaker
of National
Assembly
Cavaye Yeguie
Djibril on
Monday
denounced
foreign
interference
in the
country's
internal
affairs which
he referred to
as
"conspiracy."
"Cameroon has
become an
object of
conspiracy
intended to
destabilize
the country.
To justify
their
interference
in internal
affairs, the
conspirators
pretend to
denounce it."
Again, how
many offices /
desk does the
Secretariat
give to
Chinese state
media inside
the UN?

May
15-3: On the
Public
Financial
Disclosures
for 2017
belatedly
published over
the weekend of
April 27-28,
please state
why Mohammed
Ibn Chambas,
like the
Executive
Secretary of
the UN
Biodiversity
Convention,
Cristiana
Paşca-Palmer,
UNICEF's
Henriette
Fore, with
documented
links to
ExxonMobil and
others, USG
Mark Lowcock
(undisclosed
while the
Secretariat's
speaker at the
UNSC Arria on
Cameroon),
UNCTAD's
Mukhisa
Kituyi, UN
Women's
Phumzile
Mlambo-Ngcuka,
UNOG chief
Michael
Moller, UNDP
chief Achim
Steiner,
Heidi Mendoza,
Adama Dieng,
UN Security
chief Peter
Drennan,
Rosemary
DiCarlo and
Nicholas
Haysum, is not
even on the
list. OIOS
chief
Inga-Britt
Ahlenius
reported - why
not Mendoza?
Where IS
Mendoza? Isn't
it a bad
practice for
the UN's head
(anti)
genocide
definition
official to
conceal from
the public
even cursory
financial
disclosure?
Did DiCarlo
decline to
make any
public
disclosure
despite being
the UN's top
political
officer? What
is the even
plausible
applicability
of this line
from SG
Guterres' web
page: "Please
note that
given the
multi-cultural
environment of
the UN and the
often security
sensitive
locations
where UN staff
are either
working or
come from,
full public
disclosure may
not always be
a viable or
sensible
option for
certain staff
members"? Why
has Guterres
changed the
previous
system in a
which a
"choosing not
to disclose"
statement was
upload and
listed, to one
which helps
conceal who
reports and
who does
not?
Again, state
why
considering
the UN bribery
conviction of
Patrick Ho of
CEFC, and
CEFC's attempt
to purchase
the oil
company of
Gulbenkian
Foundation
which paid Mr.
Guterres in
2016 was
omitted from
his online
public
financial
disclosure
covering 2016,
and why
Guterres has
not even
started an
audit of CEFC
in the
UN.